New sword in progress -- myArmoury.com

Gordon Clark · Posted: Mon 29 Dec, 2003 10:14 am Post subject: New sword in progress

Just got some pictures of my in progress sword (from Jason Dingledine, the maker) and thought I would share:

Gordon Clark · Posted: Mon 29 Dec, 2003 10:16 am Post subject:

And finally:

It is inspired by a sword in Records of the Medieval Sword. For fun, I'll let you guess which one
(I'll add more pictures as I get them).

Gordon

Gary Grzybek · Posted: Mon 29 Dec, 2003 4:52 pm Post subject:

That's really cool Cool

Way to go Jason!

David McElrea · Posted: Wed 31 Dec, 2003 7:47 am Post subject:

Gordon Clark wrote:

David McElrea · Posted: Wed 31 Dec, 2003 7:53 am Post subject:

I totally screwed that up, thus ruining what had the potential to be a remarkably mediocre joke! What I actually meant to type was:

"I am almost certain that it is the XVII.8 (page 166) or the XIV.8 (page 124)-- or possibly something in between.

Ah well, so much for a life in comedy.

David

Gordon Clark · Posted: Wed 31 Dec, 2003 11:14 am Post subject:

No comment - yet :-)
One of the next steps is adding a fuller. (That helps narrow it down some).

I'll put up some more pictures when I get them - hopefully next week - it should be ready for heat treating by then.

Gordon

Gordon Clark · Posted: Mon 12 Jan, 2004 2:18 pm Post subject:

Next picture -

This one is after the bevels were forged in, the fuller was rough ground and the bevels ground in.

I have one with the hilt fittings as well, but I'll wait a day or so, in case you are inclined to try to match the blade with the inspiration from Records.

J. Padgett · Posted: Mon 12 Jan, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject:

The third picture makes it a little easier to make a guess, but I'm still not sure I'm equal to the task. I definitely couldn't guess from the first two!

Gordon Clark · Posted: Tue 13 Jan, 2004 10:39 am Post subject:

This one gives it away, I think.

With the forged but not yet finished fittings in place to give an idea of what the finished sword will look like.

Gordon

Jeff Johnson · Posted: Tue 13 Jan, 2004 7:47 pm Post subject:

Beauty, Gordon!

James Byrnes · Posted: Tue 13 Jan, 2004 8:50 pm Post subject: Is it......

Ok I am guessing XVI.3 from Records. Am I right? Beautiful sword even if I am not , congrats Gordon.

James

Gordon Clark · Posted: Wed 14 Jan, 2004 4:49 am Post subject:

Gordon Clark · Posted: Wed 14 Jan, 2004 4:54 am Post subject: Re: Is it......

Jeff Johnson · Posted: Thu 15 Jan, 2004 10:43 am Post subject:

Gordon Clark · Posted: Sun 25 Jan, 2004 2:04 pm Post subject: A couple more shots

The blade and guard before the final polishing:

Shawn Duncanson · Posted: Sun 25 Jan, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject: question

Why does the fuller go into the tang? Does this matter in terms of balance or structural strength of the blade?

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I'm really curious to get an update on this piece.

Was it completed? Where's the pics? We need eye candy! Grin.

Gordon Clark · Posted: Tue 24 Feb, 2004 4:34 pm Post subject:

Well, as Jason was doing some final grinding and polishing he discovered a crack near the tip.
He could not let the sword come to me in less than perfect condition, so he had to start over from scratch.
I believe he is close to the heat treat stage on the new version.
This was actually good for me since he basically had an entire sword's worth of practice, and he got some feedback from Peter J. on the sword that he was able to incorporate as well.

The new version is a bit wider, Jason says think of a sword made for war rather than a civilian issue version. I'm pretty excited to see the new pictures - hopefully I can provide some soon.

Gordon

Gordon Clark · Posted: Fri 23 Apr, 2004 10:27 am Post subject: